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Olive-throated Parakeet
Conservation statusLeast Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Aratinga
Species: A. nana
Binomial name
Aratinga nana
(Vigors, 1830)
The Olive-throated Parakeet (Aratinga nana) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Belize, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
The subspecies astec has been regarded as separate species Aztec Parakeet.
Source
* BirdLife International 2004. Aratinga nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
